Bakugo Katsuki, the shipper of UA
Chapter 3: An Electrifying Plan
"Tch. You too? Seriously, Four Eyes?" the blonde say while he directed a snarl and an annoyed look to the speedster, "Fine. If you hadn't catch up to this point, I'll simply say it." Continued before calmly saying a sentence that left our favorite trio with mouth-open, wide-eyed looks on their faces. "We have been reuniting here to discuss these moron's crushes and love lives since a few weeks ago. We're trying to discuss about the failed attempts of Blow-Up Fuse here to invite Earphones to a date because he's such a big wuss"
"WH-WHAT?!" simply could be heard from a 5 mile radius around the area.
"W-When did this start?! I don't understand it! I thought that you were all training! All those times this past weeks when you left very motivated and eager to train with each other were just a lie?!" furiously and agitatedly stated Iida, after recomposing from the initial shock of Bakugo's explanation, while Todoroki remained with a surprised look and Midoriya just looked at his blonde friend with a weird expression. It was a mixture of confussion, shock and… something else.
Meanwhile, the remaining group of teenagers simply looked at their Class representative's outburst with calm faces. This only lasted some seconds before Iida continued, whilst getting angrier. "Y-you all lied to me! I believed in you. You betrayed my trust. How could you?!" At this last comment, some of the faces went gloom and various glances were thrown at the ground.
It was until a splashing sound snapped back everyone to reality and made them focus on what had just happened, even silencing the now furious speedster.
Bakugo stood by the lake with his right arm extended forward as if he had just thrown something. You could see clearly smoke leaving his right hand palm, so he had just used his quirk. After a few seconds of silence, he just stated with an ice-cold tranquility "Take that, you fucking lake." He crouched and grabbed a little disc-shaped rock and skipped it into the lake again, this time with much force that the last one.
At this action, Midoriya just started laughing at his best friend's antics and stood to join in the rock throwing game that he knew very well. He remembered it clearly. When the two of them were little kids, they would always compete to see who could make the hardest and farthest throw in a nearby river. It always brought a smile to his face the memories of those stupid games and challenges that both of them used to do, so he was going to recover that at whatever cost it was necessary.
He reached for one rock himself and looked at the blonde, who had just gotten another one for himself. "It's been a while since we played this game, Kacchan. Wanna go for one round?" asked with a very wide grin plastered on his face the greenette. At this, everyone that was surrounding the pair, started looking intently and with huge interest. What was Bakugo gonna do about this? Will he try to blow Midoriya for interrupting him? Will he accept? The tension felt weird around the area.
"Tch. You just want to play because you're still butthurt that I destroyed you last time, Zuchan." Replied smugly the explosion user with an equally wide grin on his face.
"It may be true, but I won't lose this time. One throw, standard rules. Farthest to go without sinking the rock wins." Answered with a challenging but playful smile the green-colored hero. "Fine. But we have to play it correctly this time, nerd. I won't give you a handicap this time, so no running before throwing the rock. You have to stay still nearby the lake's shore." Retorted with a smug smile the hot headed blonde.
"What the fuck is going on?" Asked rather loudly the hot and cold hero, which in any different circumstance would be a shock to anyone due to the usual behavior of the dual color haired boy, but at that moment, that were the collective thoughts of the guys watching the scene.
"Are you ready nerd?" "Ready when you are. Start the countdown." Spoke both childhood friends as they brought their left feet near the shore and prepared the throwing motion with their right hands.
"3." Shouted the blonde. "2." answered the greenette. "1!" Shouted both at the same time. "SMASH!""DIE!" Yelled the duo almost in unison.
If you tried to describe the sight, it could be comparable to little bullets shot at high speeds with the intention of bouncing the biggest amount of times on the surface of the lake. Skipping rocks could be seen as an innocent game between kids. But they weren't kids. They were heroes in training. So the force of their throws was way different than when they played as kids.
Therefore, instead of the rocks sinking after a few skips on the water, they ended up hitting some trees at the other end of the lake. Deku got 4 trees down and Bakugo got 5 so, after a few seconds of shocked faces and amused sounds, the blonde just stood straight, faced his rival and with a calm tone in his voice and a very smug smile, he flipped him off before saying "In your face, fucker."
"BAKUGO! Control yourself!" Started Iida while the other boys cheered or laughed at the blonde's statement. The speedster was worried about his green haired friend. He knew that Bakugo and him weren't really in good terms and that the shorter kid's self-esteem wasn't that great, so he wanted to protect him.
Well, that were everyone's thoughts. Neither of them knew what happened the night before this outing and all of the changes that it brought with it. The group went silent after Izuku shouted in annoyance whilst looking up.
"AAAAGH! GOD DAMN IT! NOT AGAIN!" After he yelled, he released a heavy sigh and started laughing loudly. This only brought weird glances towards him, while Bakugo stood proudly in front of him. "You beat me again Kacchan. Fuck you." While he returned the insult with a smile and a flipping of the bird towards the blonde. "Next time I'll win, though" finished after laughing the One for All user.
"Pfft, yeah right. Keep dreaming, Zuchan. You'll never beat me at this. Now let's continue so we can cover every one of you idiots' love lives." Finished the other kid while giving his rival a fist bump and a little slap under his head. He then faced the group, who looked at them with very curious and shocked faces. "What the fuck are you looking at, dumbasses?" Stated with clear annoyance the blonde.
"We have to explain this, Kacchan." Answered Deku with an 'as-a-matter-of-fact' kind of tone in his voice. "I know that what you saw was weird, but Kacchan and I have had this stupid game challenge since we were kids. It was just skipping rocks to see who was better than the other. We used to do it whenever there was about to be a conflict or an argument, so as to distract the others and make them forget what they were fighting about" stated as calmly as ever the young successor after explaining his and his rival's antics.
"Seems to have worked pretty well, Zuchan. We haven't lost the touch." Laughed lightly the mentioned boy. "Now, Four Eyes. Don't jump on them that hard. This was all my fault." continued the blonde in a very calm way. This, of course, shocked even more the people surrounding him. Was Bakugo Katsuki apologizing? Wasn't he going to explode? Didn't he hate Midoriya's guts?
"Look, before any of you assholes start another fucking russ or whatever, let me explain. These morons..." said Bakugo while pointing at Kaminari and Kirishima, "had been getting pretty distracted in our training sessions because they caught a glimpse of Pepto Bismol or Earpods, or because they called at them or even because they thought about them." Finished with a glare towards the two mentioned heroes.
Kaminari was sweating nervously while blushing whilst Kirishima could only smile nervously at the remarks of the explosion user. "That's why I started talking with them about this stuff, so they could pull their heads out of their asses, man up, and tell them how they feel. Then, when they got a girlfriend each, they could fucking concentrate in the sparring sessions and pay attention when a FUCKIN BOULDER GOES THEIR WAY" finished the blonde in an angry tone.
"H-HEY! That happened just one t-time!" Kaminari defended himself. "Yeah, but it wasn't that big, bro. Besides, you were very obvious at that moment. Almost drooling at the sight of Jirou." Teased the red head while the electric blonde blushed like crazy. "TRAITOR! You said you wouldn't talk about it!"
"Dude, we are all here to talk about it." Stated Ojiro calmly while the others simply nodded. Kaminari just left a defeated sigh and looked downwards.
"So, basically you're saying..." started Todoroki out of nowhere after a few more seconds passed, while facing Bakugo "...that you're a hopeless romantic? Geez, didn't think that you'd be like that." Finished the dual-elemental hero before laughing softly.
This, for obvious reasons, didn't get too well with Bakugo. Everyone could see the veins popping in his forehead. Midoriya reacted quickly and placed himself with a pleading glare in front of his now angry rival, who was almost fuming at the moment.
Then, something unusual happened. Again. Bakugo closed his eyes, took a deep breath and simply answered. "At least, I'm not a coward who has to resort to the excuse of 'We're just friends' like Deku here and Round Face. Or 'I admire her drive and tennacity' like Four Eyes while he drools over Gadget Bitch." This caused a lot of 'wooo's' from the guys listening and blushes on the two mentioned heroes. "Or even better..." continued the blonde while locking eyes with Todoroki "just staring at her in class but never speaking to her privately." Finished with a smug smile.
In turn, the trio of new incomers of the group were blushing crazily. Then, in embarrassment about his secret staring sessions being caught and revealed as easily as that, Todoroki started igniting his fire with an angry glare towards the blonde. Of course, in response to that, Bakugo started letting off explosions from his palms while staring at the scarred hero.
And before everything went down in a fight, Midoriya interviened to stop everything with a shout "F-Fine Kacchan! I like Uraraka, okay?! I admit it! Now please, stop it guys!" He said as he placed his hands between his two angry friends. "It-it's pretty hard to admit this for me. M-mostly b-because she is the very first girl I've been friends with. And because our friendship is very strong. I...I don't want to lose her..." continued the greenette with a sad look in his eyes.
"Lose her? Why would you lose her, man? What are you talking about?" Spoke Kaminari, not noticing the furious glare of Bakugo directed towards him.
"I mean, i-if I confessed this feelings...and she doesn't feel the same way...our friendship could become awkward. I-I don't want that..." answered Midoriya softly. All the boy looked at him with an empathetic look in their eyes. The matters of the heart and love were difficult and, even if all of them knew that the pink heroine was really in love with the shy kid speaking in front of them, they understood that fear. Because, no matter how confident you are in those things, you could fail and ruin everything with a single action.
"But..." continued Midoriya with a change of voice, which surprised the whole group. "...neither do I want another guy stealing her heart. That's why...I'll take your advices Kacchan. And I'll help you guys with whatever idea occurs to me, too." Finished the shy boy with a determined look and a big smile plastered on his face, while he looked at his group of friends.
Everyone went silent. Today had been full of shocking moments and this change of attitude and confidence of Midoriya, was one of them. Nevertheless, after a few seconds, a hand rested on Midoriya's right shoulder. When he turned to see who it was, that person spoke "I agree. Even though this whole morning hasn't been what we all were expecting, I trust Bakugo's advices. I've seen his plans in action, they haven't worked yet because of different circumstances and I've been a little reluctant to try them." Ojiro spoke truthfully "But I'll go with this. In fact, I'd like to confess to Tooru today. This has been in my mind all week and, it's true, it has been difficult to concentrate. So, your guys' help would be much appreciated." Finished the tailed hero with a little bow.
Motivated by these two speeches, Kaminari spoke "I want to do it today too. I've messed it up a lot of times before and I don't want another guy hitting on her. Could you help me again, Bakubro?" He finished his question with puppy looking eyes towards his fellow blonde which, in cause, made him angry.
"Don't call me that, dipshit!" Replied while letting smoke off his hands, scaring the other boy and relieving some tension. "And damn you Deku, you dumbass! I was finally going to fight that bastard's flames!" Again, he hit the mentioned kid upside the head with a light slap. "Okay you useless morons, listen. This is what we'll do. We're gonna plan something so Monkey and Battery Charger get their love lives going..." continued before glaring at Kaminari "...today. If you mess up, I won't help you again. Understood?" This got a scared nod from the electric blonde, which in turn caused some laughter around the bunch. After the little commotion, they all sat up in a circle and started with the discussion.
"So...um...what should we do?" Asked Ojiro with a little bit of uncertainty.
"Your case is simple, man. Tooru has the hots for you." Started the optimistic red head beside him. "Yesterday, while I was passing by the kitchen after dinner, I heard her tell Mina that she loved how you looked in class."
This comment made the martial artist a blushing mess. It didn't help him that most of the guys were patting his back or clapping in acknowledgement of how he made the invisible girl feel. Even if he didn't knew how he did it.
"Shitty Hair's right. You just have to tell her directly." Spoke Bakugo calmly. "Although, I suggest that you don't simply do that in front of everyone. Try to get her to speak to you privately, so nobody interrupts you. Maybe give her something she likes, flowers, chocolates, stuff like that. Or something significant for you both" Finished while looking at the black belt hero.
"Shouldn't he try to be smooth too?" Added Sero. "Yeah, maybe that could be a good idea." Also added Denki.
"No, he shouldn't. His case is different than yours, dumbass." Interviened Bakugo seriously "His friendship with Ghost Girl is almost already a romantic relationship. He just needs to confirm it. And besides, you should also NEVER try to be smooth again. That was one of the stupidest attempts I've seen in my life." "I got nervous, okay?!" Defended Kaminari with no use, due to Sero and Kirishima laughing loudly at the memory.
"Um...could you please elaborate?" Asked the usually quiet Shoji.
"Sure, Kakashi. Hair for Brains here, told this idiot to show off some muscle or to try to use a pick up line before asking Aux Cord out." Started explaining the hot headed boy. "The result was one of the stupidest things I've ever witnessed in my life. And I've known Deku since we were kids."
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!" Retorted incredulously the green kid, before noting that he was being ignored.
"Kaminari went to Jirou, started talking with her, rolled up his right sleeve and flexed his arm. Then he said, and I quote, 'See this arm? ...Wii Sports' and finished with a wink before practically sprinting after saying that." Sero finished before laughing out loud. Every single one of the boys did the same thing.
"OH MY GOD! Did you really said that?" Asked in between laughs Ojiro. "I forgot the line g-guys! Cut it out" answered a very embarrassed Kaminari.
After the laughter died out, Midoriya said something that brought Kaminari's hopes up again. "Even if that was a very stupid thing to say, at least he kept true to himself."
"What do you mean, Midoriya?" Questioned Iida with curiosity. Everyone's ruckus died down and the attention was suddenly directed towards the green hero. "Y-you k-know, like, he didn't p-pretended to be someone else to try to get her attention." Stuttered in response due to the sudden attention increment. "That might be, s-something that Jirou likes, right? Him acting funny or making her laugh?"
"Well, shit. That brain of yours can actually be useful with other people's love lives, but not yours. Huh, that's gold." Chuckled Katsuki. And before Iida or Todoroki could stand to defend the greenette, he simply replied "Maybe it's true. But that's also your case, Kacchan. If I recall correctly, the girl that had a crush on you on elementary school tried very hard so you noticed her, but you didn't get a hint either".
An embarrassed and angry Bakugo ignited a pair of explosions in his palms while glaring at his rival, trying to ignore the laughs of their other companions. "That's not the complete story, you idiot. I got her a present afterwards to return her feelings, but she transferred after the year ended. So shut the fuck up if you don't know the story completely." Practically hissed the blonde, which caused Izuku to retreat a little bit in fear.
"A present? What? Chocolates? Or flowers?" Asked curiously Tokoyami, who had been paying attention to all the interactions, but decided to keep quiet so as not to get hurt by accident.
"It was something she liked. A pendant. She used to talk about how she wanted one, so I got her that as a present before she left." Calmly answered Bakugo.
"That's...really thoughtful. Didn't knew you could act like that." Stated a very surprised Kirishima.
"Shut it." Retorted with anger the hot headed blonde. This was a different kind of anger. It was cold. Like if he really would try to kill someone if they continued speaking about it.
"A-anyway..." spoke Midoriya, understanding that look on Bakugo's eyes. It was a painful memory, but he had forgotten how much. He'd apologize later and talk to him about it. "I think that he could do something like that. Gift her something that makes her think about you."
"I could play a love song with a vuvuzela" replied Kaminari innocently. "If you try that, I'll explode your eyes and guts out." "I'll tape you until you suffocate." "I'll knock you unconscious with a kick" "I'll freeze your limbs until they fall down." "I'll strangle you with my six arms" were some of the replies.
"Okay, okay, got it. No vuvuzela. No need to be so mean." Said once again the electricity user, slightly discouraged. "But what could I give her besides something involving music to remember me? It's not as if I could give her a plushie of myself..."
"Kaminari, you're a genius!" Exclaimed Midoriya loudly, gaining confused looks from the others. "I think I have the perfect present in mind for you to gift her. But we have to go to a store downtown."
"It's settled. Both of you go and buy that thing, while the others return to the dorms. Tails, go with Sonic to town also, so you can buy stuff for your confession." Spoke once more the exploding hero, gaining more annoyed and amused glares from the group.
"I'll say that I trust you with this, but it's only because I have no idea of what he could gift her. So, go and fuck it up yourself." Directed his words towards Izuku before smiling maniacally and lighting some more explosions "In the meantime, it has to look like we all trained, so..."
Even if it wasn't the real purpose, they all sparred during a while before returning to their missions or the dorms.
"First Plans Status: In Motion." Thought the blonde while he returned to the school's grounds.
While the majority of the boys returned to the dorms, the other four took a trip to some stores downtown. Midoriya and Kaminari left the other pair in a certain location, because they had to search for a specific store that Midoriya knew.
At this predicament, Iida and Ojiro walked through the streets in an awkward silence. Until the speedster decided to talk. "So, Ojiro, what's your plan? Do you have something in mind that you'd like to gift Hagakure-san?"
"I really have, but I don't feel really confident about myself." Responded with a nervous laugh the martial artist. "I want to demonstrate to her that she means a lot to me and that her own insecurities, mostly because of her quirk, are the things that made me fall for her. I'm searching for a basket." Continued explaining the blonde while they still walked and searched for the different items on his mind.
"I want to give her a basket full of chocolates and candy. I know that she loves them. But also...there's this bracelet that I saw somewhere around here not to long ago." He said as he found the large container in a store and he started filling it with the previously mentioned items.
"It reminded me of her. It was a simple, golden bracelet, with a clear crystal incrusted on top. It said 'Being happy is the best gift of life'. And she's almost always happy. I don't know, maybe it's dumb, but I really don't have more ideas." Finished a little insecure the tailed hero.
"It's not dumb. It's romantic and very admirable." Retorted Iida in a soft-scolding tone. "I admire you for admitting freely your feelings for the woman that you love. I have problems to do that. So, don't say it's dumb. It takes courage to do something like this. And you, my friend, are one of the bravest men I know." This only caused Ojiro to smile and scratch his neck nervously due to the embarrassment.
They continued their search, until the bracelet was found. They were lucky, because the store was almost going to close. The owner heard the intentions of the martial artist and, moved by this, gave him a discount for the bracelet.
After their little trip, they both decided to return to the dorms. Ojiro had to plan how and when to speak to Tooru about this, but he felt confident and determined thanks to his friends' advices. And he knew that he would conquer the heart of his dearest friend.
Meanwhile, in a different store, Midoriya was waiting patiently in a standby room for Kaminari to finish his request. At this moment, he knew he had to talk with Bakugo, he had to apologize.
Deku: Kacchan, I'm very sorry about telling that girl's story. I didn't knew that it still affected you like that.
Kacchan: Don't mention it. Where are you, nerd? Your little unicorn is asking a lot for you.
Deku: Little uni...? Are you talking about Eri?
Deku: Anyway, I'm waiting for Kaminari. He's almost finished. They have taken his photograph already and I think that he's choosing a model right know.
Kacchan: What the fuck are you talking about?
Deku: The custom plushie store. The one that can "make you a plushie". Figured that it could be a good gift.
Kacchan: Not bad, nerd. Just make sure that it isn't anything that could ruin his chances.
Deku: I will, don't worry.
Deku: Um...Kacchan, I've been meaning to ask. Is...is it that girl the reason that you're helping us all with this?
Kacchan: ...
Kacchan: Yes, partially. The other part was what I said earlier about focusing.
Deku: Do you still miss her?
Kacchan: Every day. And I regret the fact that I don't remember her name. Never thought of getting her contact info.
Kacchan: That was dumb. And now it's hurting me.
Deku: Don't worry. I'll help you find her. It is the least that I can do.
Kacchan: Thanks, Zuchan. Now hurry, unless you want to see a very upset kid when you get here.
Deku: Hahaha yeah. We'll be there in a few minutes.
Read 2:37 pm.
After finishing his texting, Kaminari emerged from a door with a purple box in his hands. It had been secured with a yellow ribbon on top of it.
"So, what did you ended up choosing Kaminari?" Asked excitedly the greenette when his friend walked towards him.
"Just take a look." Smiled equally or more excitedly the electricity user as he opened the lid of the box. Midoriya just let a surprised 'Wow' and said "This is the perfect gift. You'll definitely make her remember you with this."
At this comment, the blonde grinned even wider. He felt better. He felt like he could do it. She'd love the present. He was going to confess. This was going to happen.
"Now let's go back, before someone starts to get worried. Something tells me that I will be greeted with a not-so-happy white haired girl at me." Spoke Izuku while he scratched the back of his neck nervously as he and Denki made their way back to campus.
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